Mastodon's flagship server was targeted by a DDoS attack, leading to periods of unavailability and error messages.

News: Techcrunch | Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack "The millions of malicious requests it has seen are consistent with the pattern of a distributed Denial of Service attack." The attack was mitigated within 2 hours. “This is a case where the decentralized nature of the Fediverse is a true advantage... Users with accounts on other Mastodon (or any other Fediverse) servers were completely unaffected... " https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/ #Mastodn #DDoS

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Mastodon’s primary server "mastodon.social" hit by DDoS attack on April 20, their tech team quickly deployed countermeasures restoring access to the site within a couple of hours. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/ #SocialMedia #Mastadon #DDoS #Malware #Hackers #Software #CyberAttack #Security #CyberSecurity

„Mastodon’s flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday, the social networking software maker said, which rendered the instance unusable at times. Much of the site was inaccessible, throwing error messages or displaying a full-screen outage warning.“ https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/

"Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack" "The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic." https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/ #Mastodon

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack. The incident comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic. #Media #CommunityPlatforms #Mastodon https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/

#Mastodon #DDoS "Similarly, the attack on Mastodon has so far targeted only the larger server (mastodon.social) and not the many smaller instances that make up the full Mastodon social network. " Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/

Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service https://www.engadget.com/social-media/mastodon-was-hit-by-a-major-ddos-attack-that-briefly-took-down-parts-of-the-service-204823221.html

Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service https://www.engadget.com/social-media/mastodon-was-hit-by-a-major-ddos-attack-that-briefly-took-down-parts-of-the-service-204823221.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into The Fediverse @the-fediverse-tech

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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/

Mastodon’s flagship server hit by DDoS. Only one instance affected. Network stayed up. Decentralization showing its value. https://www.technadu.com/mastodon-ddos-attack-disrupts-flagship-server-temporarily/626609/ #Infosec #DDoS #Mastodon

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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/